The Milking Shorthorn or Dairy Shorthorn is a breed of dairy cattle that originated in Great Britain. It developed from the Shorthorn, which itself came from County Durham, Northumberland and Yorkshire in north eastern England.
The breed is known as Milking Shorthorn in the United States, Canada, and New Zealand, and as Dairy Shorthorn in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and South Africa. The Illawarra breed of Australia is also closely related to the Milking Shorthorn breed and have full registration reciprocity arrangements with international Milking Shorthorn populations, while at the same time being a unique sub-population.
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“The time of the seasons and the constellations
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The time of the coupling of man and woman
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